Global goal of zero deforestation by 2030 is severely off track https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/global-goal-of-zero-deforestation-by-2030-is-severely-off-track/
UCLA study: among the most-watched streaming series in 2024, 80% of lead actors were white and white men accounted for 79% of all show creators, vs. 77% in 2023 (Payton Turkeltaub/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/streaming/news/hollywood-diversi…
Re: discourse about #FediSoWhite
I'm a white man. Was on Twitter throughout #BLM and gained an awful lot of free education from Black folks on there. That was the start of me consciously following diverse folks which is a strategy that's improved my life immensely.
Back on Twitter before the Muskening, there was a lot of diversity. Black Twitter was a thing, and not just first-world (anyone else remember "O jewa ke eng?"). When I went looking for people to follow to diversify my feed, I found them in abundance.
That's why it's so clearly false to me when people claim that the fediverse is secretly diverse, and why anyone making that claim sounds suspect to me. Sure there are a ton of great Black and other POC folks you can find on here, if you look hard. But it's nowhere near the levels of diversity and community that were on Twitter. Which you would know had you been following those people before, so now I have to assume you weren't, and wonder why you feel qualified to make statements about diversity even though you haven't made an effort to engage with diverse voices before?
Also, if you were actually following some of the excellent POC voices on here, you'd know that across different servers and interest groups, almost every group has had a discussion of #FediSoWhite at some point. If all the Black people you follow are independently talking about the lack of community and diversity here, you've either got to believe them or start putting on your clown makeup, and the later is absolutely a choice.
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Un projet d’assassinat visant un opposant russe Š Vladimir Poutine déjoué en France - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/un-possible-projet-dassassinat-visant-un-o…
"Before we go into what is missing, let us take a moment to understand why this partial story is so popular. Many software engineers do not engage with the broad “software engineering literature” very much: through the act of reading this magazine you are placing yourself at the pinnacle of software engineering curiosity!"
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Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Com members doxx DHS and ICE employees,
--DPRK hackers use EtherHiding malware to turn blockchain into C2 server,
--Trump buys Dominion Voting Systems to be "America-owned,"
--Trump's DoJ sues voting tech company Smartmatic amid defamation suit,
--MI5 points to new Chinese threat disruption,
--Hackers st…
À Marseille, des policiers découvrent plus d’1,5 million d’euros en liquide dans une maison - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/a-marseille-des-policiers-d…
There has been an insane amount of high-profile cybersecurity developments since Friday morning, so check out today's Metacurity for what you might have missed over the weekend, including
--US issues seizure warrants for Starlink terminals in Myanmar cyberscam compounds,
--US citizens plead guilty to aiding DPRK IT worker fraud,
--$28B tied to cybercrime activity over the last two years,
--Princeton got hit by a data-stealing cyberattack,
--Anthropic's r…